GOLDEN boy Saido Berahino rescued a win for West Brom from this drab encounter.

Saido Berahino scored his ninth league goal of the season in an otherwise drab affair

The striker, hotly tipped for a big-money summer move away from the Baggies, followed his hat-trick last week with a 78th-minute winner this week.

It came after Hull self-destructed and conceded a free-kick just 10 yards out from goal after goalkeeper Alan McGregor picked up a back-pass from Ahmed Elmohamady.

The ensuing free-kick from 10 yards should still have been blocked by the Hull wall.

Instead they broke up and left gaping holes for Berahino’s shot to pierce, after Victor Anichebe’s short free-kick.

Hull boss Bruce said: “When you make mistakes like that at this level you get punished – it’s hugely disappointing.”

Everybody around the club needs to stay together; the players, myself, the chairman and the fans, and see this through. There’s a big job to be done here

Tony Pulis

The toothless Tigers were unlucky to lose both of their strikers to injuries within six first-half minutes and they were left without any attacking threat thereafter. After enjoying a 7-0 FA Cup win last week, Tony Pulis saw his team achieve a rare win after losing seven of their last 10 league games.

His magic needs to continue if they are to rise up the table, though keeping Berahino fit and happy is equally important.

Pulis said: “Everybody around the club needs to stay together; the players, myself, the chairman and the fans, and see this through. There’s a big job to be done here.”